Brooklyn is the most populous borough in New York with approximately 2.5 million residents, and it is the second largest in USA. The Brooklyn accent is often represented as the typicalaccent of New York in American TV and movies.

1. His History
Brooklyn was an independent city until its consolidation with New York City in 1898, but continues to preserve a distinct culture, withan independent art and unique architecture. There are also many particular ethnic groups and predominate cultures but now Brooklyn’s districts is becoming increasingly diverse. For example, BoroughPark, a Brooklyn’s district, is one of the most important Jewish communities in the world. Borough Park Jews have in majority strong traditions.
Brooklyn's official motto is written in the Old Dutchlanguage and translated as In Unity There is Strength. The motto is on the borough seal (= sceau) and flag, which also feature a young robed woman bearing fasces, a traditional emblem of republicanism.Brooklyn has long been a place where came the immigrants.

2. Culture and Attraction
Brooklyn has played a major role in various aspects of American culture including literature, cinema andtheatre.
There are two principal museums:
- The Brooklyn Museum is the second largest art museum, and has in its permanent collection more than 1.5 million objects, from ancient Egyptian tocontemporary art.
- The Brooklyn Children's Museum is the world's first museum dedicated to children and is opened in 1899.

In Brooklyn there are many concert hall such as The Brooklyn Academy ofMusic. It’s a place very famous in New York which organize two big annual events : the Next Wave Festival and the week DanceAfrica. There are also shows of dance, music and theatre.

There are manyparks, like the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, a botanical garden, the Prospect Park or amusement parc, the Coney Island

The Brooklyn Public Library offers thousands of public programs, millions of...

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THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES
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BROOKLYN FOLLIES
PAUL AUSTER
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...Commentaire composé The Brooklyn Follies Texte 1 Passage introduction Ligne 1 à 45 J. Giordano
In this passage, the narrator is taking distance from the world in order to slip slowly into a tomblike environment.
1) Taking distance from the world :
The narrator, knowing his days are numbered is trying to retire from the world. He is taking distance from people, from his family, from a world he mostly disagree with, in order to reach a relative rest...

...General summary
Nathan Glass, the novel's narrator, an ex-life insurance salesman, is sixty years-old, an divorced . When looking for a quiet place to die he opts for Brooklyn , the place where he was born. Nathan is alone, he has no family anymore except for his daughter. His sister, June, is dead and he has had no contact with his nephew, Tom, and his niece, Aurora, for a long time.
One day, he happens to meet Tom by chance at Brightman’s Attic (Tom works...

...reader discover who is the real serial killer.
Overture:
This is the opening chapter of Paul Auster’s novel entitled The Brooklyn Follies. In this passage the narrator and character Nathan Glass, introduces himself to the reader and try to set the mood of the whole story. This is a rather well-organized passage in which Nathan tells us the reasons for his coming back to Brooklyn, his failed marriage, his former divorce, the nature of his relationship with his...

...Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies: résumé et analyse.
Overture.
Summary.
The narrator leaves Westchester to Brooklyn, to die there. He had lived in Brooklyn when he was a little boy (before the age of three), but doesn’t remember anything. He rents an apartment near Prospect Park. He wants nothing but being alone and quiet. He has sold his house after his divorce, and so has no problem with money. He was an insurance agent, but doesn’t know...